MacDermott
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MacDermott is a surname, typically of Irish origin, that serves as a spelling variant of McDermott.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MacDermott canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4069900 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MacDermott Context triple: [McDermott, hasVariant, MacDermott]
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A.
Thomas McCarthy
Thomas McCarthy is an American philosopher and critical theorist best known for his work on critical theory and his extensive scholarship and translations on Jürgen Habermas.
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B.
BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher is an intimate, flexible performance and community space within the Brooklyn Academy of Music complex that hosts experimental theater, dance, music, and arts events.
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C.
Alvy Ray Smith
Alvy Ray Smith is a pioneering computer scientist and animator best known as a co-founder of Pixar and a key figure in the development of computer graphics and digital animation.
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D.
John McDonough
John McDonough was an American football official best known for serving as the referee in Super Bowl IV.
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E.
Dean Devlin
Dean Devlin is an American film and television producer, writer, and director best known for his work on science fiction and action projects such as "Independence Day," "Stargate," and various genre TV series.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MacDermott Target entity description: MacDermott is a surname, typically of Irish origin, that serves as a spelling variant of McDermott.
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A.
Thomas McCarthy
Thomas McCarthy is an American philosopher and critical theorist best known for his work on critical theory and his extensive scholarship and translations on Jürgen Habermas.
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B.
BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher is an intimate, flexible performance and community space within the Brooklyn Academy of Music complex that hosts experimental theater, dance, music, and arts events.
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C.
Alvy Ray Smith
Alvy Ray Smith is a pioneering computer scientist and animator best known as a co-founder of Pixar and a key figure in the development of computer graphics and digital animation.
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D.
John McDonough
John McDonough was an American football official best known for serving as the referee in Super Bowl IV.
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E.
Dean Devlin
Dean Devlin is an American film and television producer, writer, and director best known for his work on science fiction and action projects such as "Independence Day," "Stargate," and various genre TV series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| derivedFromGivenName |
Dermot
ⓘ
Diarmuid ⓘ |
| hasAnglicisationOf | Mac Diarmada ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Anglicised Irish-language surnames
ⓘ
Irish surnames ⓘ Patronymic surnames ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | son of Diarmaid ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Aileen MacDermott
ⓘ
Bernard MacDermott ⓘ Frank MacDermott ⓘ Gerald MacDermott ⓘ Hugh MacDermott ⓘ
linked to:
Hugh McDermott
John MacDermott ⓘ Mairead McGuinness née MacDermott ⓘ Niall MacDermott ⓘ Patrick MacDermott ⓘ Ronan MacDermott ⓘ Sir Dermot MacDermott ⓘ Sir Terence MacDermott ⓘ |
| hasRegionOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| hasType | patronymic surname ⓘ |
| hasVariantSpelling | McDermott ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MacDermott Description of subject: MacDermott is a surname, typically of Irish origin, that serves as a spelling variant of McDermott.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.